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Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · 14h

Travel to the coast of Chile and into Antarctica via the interactive Schmidt Ocean Institute 2024 Impact Report. We are bringing the depths to light: www.2024annualreport.schmidtocean.org

Impact Report 2024

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Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · 4d

This #MarDelPlataCanyon seastar, despite all the obvious signs, does not have a big butt. The animal does resemble the famous SpongeBob character, Patrick Star.

Read more about seastars with messages from the deep: www.instagram.com/p/DPWpFi9kkI...

A bright orange seastar hangs on to a canyon wall.

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Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · 7d

@schmidtocean.bsky.social is thrilled to sponsor Ocean Floor Explore — a #MapTheGaps Symposium to build new pathways for seafloor mapping and deep ocean discovery. Join us October 26-29 and be part of the last great exploration on Earth. Learn more at oceanfloorexplore.org

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Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · 7d

It may look as if this little one is practicing their dance moves — slow-slow-quick-quick — but we’re pretty sure fish can’t dance. It's more likely this bellowfish, or Notopogon sp., is taking advantage of snacks in the sediments, stirred up by the ROV's robotic arm during #uruguaysub200.

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Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · 8d

#uruguaysub200 was our 100th expedition since the Lone Ranger — predecessor to R/Vs Falkor and Falkor (too) — left the Canary Islands on January 11, 2011. With an ocean of discoveries still waiting, we’re ready for the next 100! Enjoy the highlights from Uruguay!
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Visualizing the Deep off Uruguay | 4K Highlight reel

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Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · 11d

They’re only my scary if you’re a smaller, tastier critter in the Ocean. Very safe fish. Sweet dreams! 🌊

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Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · 11d

Do you ever feel like somebody's watching you? This goosefish — with a wide, flat head, gaping mouth, and an abundance of patience — belongs to the family Lophiidae, which are ray-finned fishes belonging to the order Lophiiformes, the anglerfishes. #uruguaysub200

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Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · 13d

Artist-at-Sea Alejandro Balbis is a Uruguayan musician who joined the #uruguaysub200 team. “Seeing the scientists in the lab — they hug, they shout at each other as if they had scored a goal,” he said. “It gives me so much emotion... similar to when one finishes a song.”

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Connected to the Sea (ft. Alejandro Balbis) | Visualizing the Deep Off Uruguay

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Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · 15d

The #UruguaySub200 science team observed charismatic animals, chemosynthetic communities & the formation of a beautiful, healthy reef that sent a clear message to the scientists: when disturbed habitats are given time to recover, healthy ecosystems can and do return.
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Expectations Surpassed | Visualizing the Deep Off Uruguay

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Schmidt Science Fellows @schmidtfellows.bsky.social · 19d

Philanthropy is vital in advancing the science needed to address global challenges. Our co-founder @wendyschmidt.bsky.social is an inspiring example. Thank you for your unwavering support for science @schmidtocean.bsky.social @schmidtsciences.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/elisab...

Why Billionaire Wendy Schmidt Is ‘Doubling Down’ On Climate Science In The Age Of Trump

How billionaire Wendy Schmidt became a crucial funder of science and climate research amid political rollbacks—backing ocean discovery, data access, and storytelling.

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Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · 19d

For the #uruguaysub200 scientists hoping to document abundant wildlife in their deep waters, this small coral offers a message on a bottle, telling a larger story about life on the seafloor, 2,341 meters beneath the surface.
🎥 ROV SuBastian / Schmidt Ocean Institute

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Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · 20d

Meet Bathydoris, a deep-sea nudibranch that ROV pilots filmed almost two miles beneath the surface on an abyssal plain east of the Río de la Plata Canyon during the #uruguaysub200 expedition. 🎥ROV SuBastian / Schmidt Ocean Institute

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Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · 21d

When chanchitos fly, it happens 2,340 meters deep in the Ocean! This is a sea pig, or chanchito, if you’re a member of the #Uruguaysub200 science team. Scotoplanes sp. is a genus of deep-sea sea cucumbers of the family Elpidiidae. 🎥ROV SuBastian / Schmidt Ocean Institute

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Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · 22d

Coral & crustaceans! 🪸🦐 Dr. Brenda Doti Dr. says the larger of these crustaceans is a Valvifera isopod fr the Antarcturidae family. These filter-feeders can't lift sediment particles & must find their next meal suspended in the water column.

Read the full caption: www.instagram.com/reel/DOovZ31...

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Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · 27d

🚨 Job alert — Assistant bosun on R/V Falkor (too) 🚨

Submit a cover letter and a comprehensive resume/CV to the email provided via this link (we will not accept inquiries via social channels).
https://schmidtocean.org/job-post/assistant-bosun/

End date for tendering position: 12 September 2025

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Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · 27d

"...The length of time in
which she weathers
her watch: a brooding.
Imagine her, perched,
pale and love-long,
in some dark shelf,
knowing she will
never meet what
she has made, and
making anyway..."
Excerpt fr “The Mother” by Lindsay Stewart. Filmed at 2,458m during #TaludContinental_IV expedition

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Scripps Institution of Oceanography @scrippsocean.bsky.social · 28d

🌊 Remember the barrels found off the coast of LA? New research from Scripps Oceanography found that 'halos' around some of the barrels came from caustic alkaline waste leaking from the barrels. https://scripps.ucsd.edu/news/decades-old-barrels-industrial-waste-still-impacting-ocean-floor-la

Decades-Old Barrels of Industrial Waste Still Impacting Ocean Floor Off LA

In 2020, haunting images of corroded metal barrels in the deep ocean off Los Angeles leapt into the public consciousness. Initially linked to the toxic pesticide DDT, some barrels were encircled by gh...

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Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · 28d

A hitchhiker’s guide: Tiny, immobile creatures like barnacles can get a leg-up on competition by hitching a ride into the water current where there’s marine snow aplenty. The vehicle of choice here — Lithodes crab, a genus of king crab found throughout the global ocean. #uruguaysub200

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Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · Sep 7

🚨 Job alert — Assistant bosun on R/V Falkor (too) 🚨

Submit a cover letter and a comprehensive resume/CV to the email provided via this link (we will not accept inquiries via social channels).
https://schmidtocean.org/job-post/assistant-bosun/

End date for tendering position: 12 September 2025

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Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · Sep 5

Even in the darkest depths, life finds a way!

During a recent #Uruguaysub200 ROV dive, the team on R/V Falkor (too) located the destroyer ROU-01 Uruguay shipwreck, bustling with deep-sea life at 1,160 meters. Read more: www.instagram.com/reel/DOPJefj...

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Wendy Schmidt @wendyschmidt.bsky.social · Sep 4

More than 3 million people tuned into @schmidtocean.bsky.social’s expedition livestream off the coast of Argentina, sparking a dialogue about the value of scientific exploration. Watch the footage here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTLt...

Celebrating the Deep | Underwater Oases of the Mar Del Plata Canyon

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Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · Sep 4

We love cephalopods, warts and all! 🐙 This is a Graneledone sp., a genus of warty octopuses in the family Octopodidae found throughout the global Ocean — filmed by ROV SuBastian pilots at 1603 m during #UruguaySUB200. Read more: www.instagram.com/reel/DOMLFB2...

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Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · Sep 3

🪸 Coral garden, 1,141 m, near the HMS Challenger scientists’ station 320, visited Feb 1876! For the #UruguaySUB200 science team, we hope it's thrilling to see living animals so near where the first deep-sea corals fr Uruguay were collected, almost 150 years ago. www.instagram.com/reel/DOJUNdM...

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Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · Aug 29

We wrote about that with this footage on Instagram! 🌊 www.instagram.com/reel/DN8rKPv...

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Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · Aug 29

🦀 ROV pilots filmed this Crab Hatter tea party at 140 m, during #UruguaySUB200. The science team is undertaking the first effort to systematically collect samples and footage from the seafloor off Uruguay’s coast.

Video: ROV SuBastian / Schmidt Ocean Institute

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